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  • life Parenting

    WEEKEND PLAN: Normal Life Edition

    Realizing this is my last ‘normal’ weekend for few weeks and wanting to savor the magic that an “everyone home, no call” weekend contains. TODAY TOMORROW I really don’t have any work that is…

    August 22, 2026
  • life Parenting

    Back to School has ARRIVED

    I am very happy to report that G went back to school today!! The kids were home with not a lot to do for waaaaaay too long this summer. As noted, this was not…

    August 18, 2026
  • life Parenting

    Summer Transitions

    Some fascinating comments on yesterday’s post – thank you for sharing! I agree the entire concept of “retirement” is so complicated. If your work is part of what gives your life meaning, why would…

    July 16, 2026
  • Best Laid Plans life Parenting

    3 Schools Next Year (!)

    I mean, A’s school is like across a courtyard from C’s school, but technically we will have one kid each in elementary, middle, and high school next year. On to 3rd, 7th, and 9th!…

    June 3, 2026
  • Parenting

    What the [bleep] is for dinner . . .

    ONE. WEEK. LEFT. OF. SCHOOL. Next year we will end in May, unless there are a bunch of hurricane days. I think I will like that, because this little ‘one dangling week in June’…

    May 31, 2026
  • life Parenting

    Theoretical Wednesday Routine

    In an ideal world, every Wednesday I: This is sort of the ‘first half’ of my own current weekly review process; the rest is typically completed on Sundays. In the actual world, half the…

    May 13, 2026